President Joe Biden noticeably bristled when pressed during an interview about his debate performance last month and became visibly frustrated when asked about his decision to stay in the race.

Biden testily responded to a line of questioning during his Monday interview with NBC’s Lester Holt about his June 27 debate performance that failed to ease concerns about his mental acuity.

“Lester, look, why don’t you guys ever talk about the 18, 28 lies he told? Where are you on this? Why didn’t the press ever talk about that? Twenty-eight times it’s confirmed he lied in that debate. I had a bad, bad night. I wasn’t feeling well at all,” he told Holt when asked to assess his performance. “I screwed up.”

Biden has previously been questioned about whether he’d watched the debate in full and told Holt, again, on Monday that he has only seen select clips.

“I didn’t have to see it. I was there,” Biden shot back at Holt when pressed on whether he’d reviewed footage from the first debate. “I don’t plan on having another performance on that level.”

When asked whether Biden believed former President Barack Obama or former first lady Michelle Obama should be doing more to express confidence in his leadership, Biden quickly quashed the idea, saying it was his job to “get this done.”

“No, they’re helping me. They’ve helped me from the beginning. This is my job to get this done,” Biden said.

Holt then asked whether or not Biden had spoken with Barack Obama since the debate, to which Biden confirmed that he had not spoken to the former president for a “couple weeks” and admitted he may not have even spoken with him since the debate itself took place.

Biden also became frustrated with Holt’s questioning of his decision to stay in the race, saying he alone was making that decision.

“Me,” Biden said when asked about who is making the decision for him to continue his 2024 bid.

“Look, I’ve been doing this a long time,” Biden continued. “The idea, I’m the old guy. I am. I’m old. But I’m only three years older than Trump. Number one. And number two, my mental acuity has been treated damn good.”

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During the interview, Biden attempted to brush back on any lingering rumors that he might make way for someone else to be the Democratic nominee by committing to take part in the second 2024 presidential debate in 2024.

“I’m going to debate him when we agreed to debate. I’m going to debate him in September,” the president declared. “I’m on the horse; where have you been? I’ve done 22 major events, thousands of people, overwhelming crowds, a lot happening.”

President Joe Biden said during a Monday evening with NBC News that he isn’t surprised that Judge Aileen Cannon threw out former President Donald Trump‘s classified documents case earlier in the day.

NBC’s interview with the president, recorded at the White House Monday afternoon and aired in prime time, covered Biden’s response to the assassination attempt against Trump, his efforts to lock down the Democratic nomination, and Cannon’s decision to dismiss Trump’s classifieds documents case, widely viewed as as one of the strongest indictments against the former president.

“I’m not surprised. It comes from the immunity decision the Supreme Court ruled on, and Clarence Thomas, in his dissent, said that independent prosecutors appointed by the Attorney General aren’t legit,” the president told Holt of Cannon’s decision. “The basis upon which the case was thrown out, I find specious because I don’t agree with Clarence Thomas and or the Supreme Court decision on immunity.”

Biden also pointed to his own classified documents matter, in which a special counsel did not recommend charges, to draw a distinction between himself and Trump.

“They spent months on mine going through — and I was totally cooperative,” he stated. “There were like 10, 12 agents in my house for nine hours unaccompanied going through every single thing I had, as appropriate, and they looked at me and concluded I didn’t do a damn thing wrong.”

Throughout the interview, Biden also became increasingly frustrated with Holt’s questioning of his decision to stay in the 2024 race, saying he alone is making that decision. Biden noticeably bristled when asked if he’s spoken to former President Barack Obama about his intentions since late June. Biden confirmed that he has not spoken to Obama for a “couple weeks.”

“I didn’t have to see it. I was there,” Biden shot back at Holt when pressed on whether he’d reviewed footage from the first debate. “I don’t plan on having another performance on that level.”

“Lester, look, why don’t you guys ever talk about the 18, 28 lies he told? Where are you on this?” he added of Trump.

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Finally, Biden attempted to brush back on any lingering rumors that he might make way for someone else to be the Democratic nominee by committing to take part in the second 2024 presidential debate in 2024.

“I’m going to debate him when we agreed to debate. I’m going to debate him in September,” the president said of Trump. “I’m on the horse; where have you been? I’ve done 22 major events, thousands of people, overwhelming crowds, a lot happening.”

President Joe Biden defended his mental acuity Monday but said he understands why people are asking “legitimate” questions about his age and fitness for office.

The president sat for an interview, scheduled prior to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend, with NBC News’s Lester Holt at the White House before departing Washington, D.C., for Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday evening.

During the interview, Holt pressed Biden on his age, yielding an exchange that NBC characterized as “combative.”

“I’m old,” the president responded. “But I’m only three years older than Trump, number one. And number two, my mental acuity has been pretty damn good. I’ve gotten more done than any president has in a long time in three-and-a-half years. I’m willing to be judged on that.”

“I understand why people say, ‘God, he’s 81 years old. Whoa. What’s he gonna be when he’s 83 years old, 84 years?’”, the president continued. “It’s a legitimate question to ask.”

Biden had slowed down his campaign attacks against Trump in the days following the assassination attempt. Still, a number of Republicans, including Trump’s new running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), blamed Biden’s rhetoric for emboldening suspected shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.

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Holt also questioned the president Monday about his specific use of the word “bullseye” in discussing Trump in the past.

Biden conceded that using that particular word was a “mistake” but still pressed viewers to put “crosshairs” on Trump’s “agenda.”

President Joe Biden urged the country to “lower the temperature in politics” Sunday night following Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

The president’s comments came during a nationally televised speech from the Oval Office, his third such speech as president. Biden delivered short, unscripted comments both Saturday night and earlier Sunday afternoon after receiving briefings on the assassination attempt.

The president spoke with Trump Saturday night, a call Biden previously referred to as “short but good,” and Biden spent the bulk of his Sunday night address asking voters on both sides of the aisle to “recommit” to rejecting political violence.

“We cannot, we must not go down this road in America. We’ve traveled before throughout our history. Violence has never been the answer,” he stated. “There is no place in America for this kind of violence, for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We can’t allow this violence to be normalized.”

In his remarks Sunday afternoon, the president additionally confirmed that he had directed the Secret Service to approve any additional resource requests for Trump’s detail and to bolster security at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

And on Sunday night, Biden acknowledged how he’ll be received at the RNC.

“I have no doubt they’ll criticize my record and offer their own vision for this country. I’ll be traveling this week making the case for our record and the vision, my vision of the country,” the president declared. “I’ll continue to speak out strongly for our democracy, stand up for our Constitution and the rule of law to call for action at the ballot box. No violence on our streets. That’s how democracy should work.”

The president also acknowledged Corey Comperatore, the attendee at Trump’s rally who was shot and killed shielding his family from suspected gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks. 

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You can watch Biden’s remarks in full below.

Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) accused President Joe Biden‘s campaign of being “arrogant” with its handling of the fallout from the first 2024 presidential debate, leaving the door open to supporting someone other than the president at the Democratic National Convention in August.

The San Diego congressman joins a small but growing number of Democratic lawmakers openly voicing concerns about the president’s viability as a candidate or outright calling for his replacement atop the 2024 ticket.

During a Wednesday night interview with a local CBS affiliate station, Peters said that he greatly admires Biden but, based on the debate, couldn’t fully commit to backing him as the nominee.

“The question just now is, is this a candidate who can win the election because, as much as I love Joe Biden, in those swing states, he’s having a hard time,” he stated. “We needed a boost from Thursday. We didn’t get it, and the campaign has been very, I think, arrogant in their response. We want to know what their plan is to win this election and turn these numbers around. If they don’t have a plan, then I think we have to move in a different direction.”

“I don’t think we can at this point,” Peters continued when asked to clarify whether or not he still supports Biden ahead of November. “The point is to win the election. This is seven to 10 states that this is going to be decided in where Joe Biden is trailing. We need a plan to win those states. If Joe Biden’s got that plan, I want to hear about it ASAP.”

So far, only two sitting Democratic lawmakers have fully called for Biden to drop out of the race.

“Recognizing that unlike Trump, President Biden’s first commitment has always been to our country, not himself, I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) said in a statement on Tuesday. “I respectfully call on him to do so.”

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“If he’s the candidate, I’m going to support him, but I think that this is an opportunity to look elsewhere,” Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) told the New York Times on Wednesday. “What he needs to do is shoulder the responsibility for keeping that seat — and part of that responsibility is to get out of this race.”

President Joe Biden told two black radio hosts that he regrets and wants to move on from his dismal performance at the first 2024 presidential debate.

Numerous Democratic donors, lawmakers, and voters reacted to the debate by expressing doubts about Biden’s continued viability as a candidate and openly discussed replacing him atop the Democratic ticket with Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), or a host of other, younger Democratic politicians.

Biden sat for both interviews, recorded Wednesday with WMCS in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and WURD in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The discussions aired Thursday morning on Independence Day.

On WURD, host Andrea Lawful-Sanders pressed the president on whether voters should be concerned about Biden’s age and mental faculties, based on his performance last Thursday, to which he responded, “No.”

“I had a bad debate, but 90 minutes onstage does not erase what I’ve done for three and a half years. I led our economy back from the brink. It’s improving and lowered prescription drug costs,” the president said. “I worked with Republicans to expand veterans healthcare, rallied 50 nations to stand against Putin. I’m proud of the record, and we just got to keep moving.”

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Biden similarly described his debate debacle as a “bad night” during his interview with WMCS.

“The fact of the matter is that I screwed up. I made a mistake,” he told host Earl Ingram. “That’s 90 minutes onstage. Look at what I’ve done in 3.5 years.”

Biden is scheduled to campaign in both Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in the coming days, and he spent the bulk of this past week seeking to put out fires within his own party.

President Joe Biden accused the Supreme Court of doing a “terrible disservice” to the nation with their Monday ruling granting former President Donald Trump some criminal immunity for official acts of office.

The ruling specifically complicates special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against Trump, all but ensuring the case won’t go to trial before the 2024 general election in November.

Biden was at Camp David when the ruling was handed down Monday morning, but he delivered televised remarks upon his return to the White House on Monday evening.

“Today’s decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what a president can do. This is a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law, even including the Supreme Court in the United States,” the president stated. “The only limits will be self-imposed by the president alone. This decision today has continued the court’s attack in recent years on a wide range of long-established legal principles in our nation.”

“The American people deserve to have an answer in the courts before the upcoming election,” he added, referencing Trump’s multiple indictments. “The public has a right to know the answer about what happened on Jan. 6 before they are asked to vote again this year. Now, because of today’s decision, that is highly, highly unlikely. It’s a terrible disservice to the people of this nation.”

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Biden closed by vowing to continue respecting the limits of the power of the presidency but claimed that “any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law.”

You can watch Biden’s remarks in full below.